2025 Allegheny County Council election


The 2025 Allegheny County Council election will be held on November 4, 2025, to elect eight members to the Allegheny County Council. Primary elections were held on May 20, 2025.

At-large (special)

The special election for the at-large seat was scheduled following the appointment of Mike Embrescia to the council. As one party cannot hold both at-large seats, it was originally expected that Embrescia would be unopposed in the general election. Following the candidacy of Alex Rose, the Republican Party challenged the requirement to hold the special election.
An Allegheny County Common Pleas judge ruled on June 4 that the election would go on as planned. The decision was appealed to the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, where the ruling was again upheld. Embrescia then appealed to ruling to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in August, where the Supreme Court again upheld the ruling.
If elected, Rose would essentially be a Democratic voice on the council, as he has previously worked on campaigns for Democratic Party candidates.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Mike Embrescia, incumbent councilor

Third party and independent candidates

Green Party

Withdrawn

Declared

District 1

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared
  • Kathleen Madonna-Emerling, senior development associate
  • Carl Villella, business owner

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

District 3

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Lissa Geiger Shulman, advocate

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

District 4

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Patrick J. Catena Jr., incumbent councilor

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Bob Doddato

District 8

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Michelle Naccarati-Chapkis, incumbent councilor

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Michael Dell

District 9

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Patrick Provins ''''

District 12

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Robert J. Palmosina, incumbent councilor

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Leonard Iorio ''''

District 13 (special)

Democratic committee selection

Candidates

Nominee
  • Jordan Botta, interim councilor
    Not selected
  • Daylon Davis, former NAACP Pittsburgh chair
  • Jon Hanrahan, resident

Republican committee selection

Candidates

Nominee
  • Todd McCollum, Pittsburgh Republican city committee chair